Dynamics of Onchocerca volvulus Microfilarial Densities after Ivermectin Treatment in an Ivermectin-naïve and a Multiply Treated Population from Cameroon

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Ivermectin has been the keystone of onchocerciasis control for the last 25 years. Sub-optimal responses to the drug have been reported in Ghanaian communities under long-term treatment. We assessed, in two Cameroonian foci, whether the microfilaricidal and/or embryostatic effec...

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Autores principales: Pion, Sébastien D. S., Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C., Kamgno, Joseph, Tendongfor, Nicholas, Wanji, Samuel, Njiokou, Flobert, Prichard, Roger K., Boussinesq, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002084

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002084

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